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We continue to develop and enhance our industry leading, clean surface treatment technology, to improve its industrial and #sustainability features. Over this winter, we have a project to add sensors (#IoT) to our equipment. This will enable us collect operational and sustainability #data, enhancing reliability and performance, and providing data to customers for their sustainability reporting. These machines are now on their way to Scotland for use by Babcock International Group for the Royal Navy, and to Dubai where they will be operated by Drydocks World - Dubai, a subsidiary of DP World. These industry leading customers chose Pinovo's technology because of its industrial benefits, and also because it delivers a quantifiable sustainability impact with 1. No #PaintMicroplastic, Grit and Dust Leakage - SDG's 12, 14 2. Over 60% less CO2 Emissions compared to open grit blasting - SDG’s 9, 12 3. Much improved working conditions for Operators - SDG 8 Clean Blasting is being adopted by leading sustainable operators in the #defence industry, and in #docks and #ports. Should your Industrial or Marine operation not be doing the same? And remember, #PaintIsPlastic! #SaveOurOcean #SDG14 
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Pinovo welcomes the timely and important report by the team of scientists at Norsk institutt for vannforskning (NIVA), lead by Idun Rognerud, on #microplastics in a Global Agreement on #PlasticPollution. Pinovo was delighted to be asked to join the panel discussion to launch the report. We agree 💯% with the NIVA recommendation that the proposed UN Plastics Treaty should specifically address #microplastics as a distinct category of plastic pollution, warranting specific control measures. This includes, of course, #PaintMicroplastics - the biggest source of #Ocean Microplastic Leakage. In addition to the continuing negotiations of a UN Plastics Treaty at INC-2 in Paris in May, the next six months are going to be very busy on the #microplastics front, with expected publication of - the #eucommission report on #Microplastic #Emissions, and regulatory measures to achieve the #EUGreenDeal objective of reducing them by 30% by 2030, and - an up-date of the Pew Charitable Trusts 2020 "Breaking the Plastic Wave" report. This is all good news for Pinovo in our mission to put the issue of Paint Microplastic Pollution, and our clean circular solution to the problem, "on the agenda"! And don't forget, #PaintIsPlastic!  There is a better, cleaner way to do surface treatment on Wind Turbines than the method you see in the photo below👇 - which is awful, both in terms of operator safety, and dumping Paint Microplastics into the Ocean! We are super happy that Pinovo has just been awarded a grant by Handelens Miljøfond (the Norwegian Retailer’s Environment Fund) to develop a Clean Surface Treatment Solution for the Offshore Wind Industry. Using Pinovo’s patented, proven front-end clean vacuum blasting tools, we will be working with a wind energy industry partner to develop a new, more mobile back-end solution for use on Offshore Wind Turbines. This will stop Ocean Paint Microplastic Pollution at source, enabling the wind energy industry deliver clean energy, without polluting the Ocean during surface treatment, and with safer working conditions for operators. Pinovo is already providing similar solutions across a range of other industries. So, after a very busy 2022, this news sets Pinovo up nicely for an even busier 2023! Many thanks to Handelens Miljøfond, and for all the great work you are doing to support important environmental projects in Norway, and around the world! 
Why? Because Nivedha R.M is one of UpLink - World Economic Forum 's Top Innovators, and the film is about she is tackling the huge global waste problem. Pinovo is also one of UpLink - World Economic Forum 's Top Innovators, and we were fortunate enough to be part of the team of Top Innovators who participated in #wef22 in #davos, with Nivedha. Nivedha's energy, enthusiasm, tenacity, and amazing drive to have a big impact on an important environmental and social problem, inspire us at Pinovo in our work to put the problem of #Ocean #Paint #Microplastic #Pollution, and Pinovo's solution "on the Agenda". Thank you Nivedha R.M! 🙏 #PaintIsPlastic #PaintMicroplastics #SaveOurOcean #SDG14
Last week, we told you about the Problem of #Paint #Microplastic #Pollution and showed you the science based, data driven evidence of the scale of that Problem (https://lnkd.in/ehVyRhK8). Now, we want to remind you of Pinovo's tried and tested solution to that Problem. Watch the World Economic Forum video below.
The Problem of Paint Microplastic Pollution and Pinovo's solution are now firmly "on the Agenda" with great support and encouragement from UpLink - World Economic Forum . Science based, data driven evidence of the scale of the Paint Microplastic Leakage problem, from the scientific team mandated by IUCN for their 2017 "Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: a Global Evaluation of Sources" report. Watch the video on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kag7RevqEmw   Robotics will be key to delivering high levels of productivity with sustainable vacuum solutions, for large, flat surfaces, and workscopes without complex geometries.
Sustainability will be a requirement for all surface treatment going forward, and a necessary feature of all solutions, as a result of regulatory action to stop #Paint #Microplastic #Pollution. Pinovo, with its sustainable technology, is delighted to be working with the great team at Remotion AS, a leading supplier of robotic vehicles for offshore splash zone operations. In their ground breaking RoboCoat solution, Remotion AS is using Pinovo’s clean blasting technology, with bespoke front-end tools to deliver surface roughness, and a better paint system for customers. If your Marine or Industrial operation is planning its maintenance programmes for 2023, why not consider this clean, sustainable, productive solution? Remember #PaintIsPlastic https://www.linkedin.com/posts/remotion-as_robocoat-the-next-generation-hull-maintenance-activity-6997826148495691777-0GZl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Paint, a very important source of Ocean Microplastic Pollution, is now firmly “on the agenda” of leading scientists in the field of Microplastic Pollution research, thanks to NAMC and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre! The North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) brings together scientists who specialise in research on sampling, analysing, toxicity testing, monitoring and tracking of Microplastics. In addition, they study the impact of those Microplastics on Human, Animal and Plant life, together with the important issues of Mitigation and Regulation. On Tuesday 8 November in Bergen, NAMC held their Annual Seminar, and it was super impressive to learn about the breath of the research underway by the different teams of scientists, and to hear the progress being made in their on-going work. Gunhild Bødtker and Alessio Gomiero, who lead NAMC, very kindly invited Pinovo to make a presentation to the NAMC Annual Seminar, in our home town Bergen, with the title "Paint Microplastic Pollution: Hiding in plain sight, but not any longer!”. We were delighted to talk about - why #PaintIsPlastic 🎨 😲 - the risks of "Mismanaged Paint" ☹️ - how come this is “news" to so many, even in the scientific community? Take a bow, CEPE! 👎 - what has happened to change things? - Take a bow, UpLink - World Economic Forum , IUCN, EA - Environmental Action, Nina Jensen, REV Ocean 👍🙏 - what happens next? Important reports are expected to be published by the #eucommission (EU Environment and Climate) and The Pew Charitable Trusts in the coming months, signalling the direction of regulatory action on Paint Microplastic Pollution. 👏 - the different solutions to the problem of Paint Microplastic Pollution, including Pinovo’s Clean Blasting Technology 💪 - What Action is necessary now? * research and findings on the impact of Microplastic Pollution on human, animal and plant life - the "So what?!", * paint industry to educate its customers on the risks of mismanaged paint, * regulators to create a level playing field for all paint companies, * paint users to adopt measures to stop Paint Microplastic Pollution or, quite simply, #ResponsibleConsumption! Great to learn from Hans Kleivdal that NAMC will be actively contributing to the upcoming negotiations on the proposed UN Plastics Treaty bringing science based, data driven evidence on the subject of Microplastics to the negotiating table. Also great to see Jotun's engagement on the subject of Sustainability and Microplastic Pollution. Pinovo is playing its part in solving the problem of Paint Microplastic Pollution, by promoting our clean technology and achieving its adoption in different industries across Europe, and also by raising awareness of the problem and solutions with industry, regulators and the public. |
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